Mistake #1 — Pricing Your Property Too High Every seller obviously wants to get the most money for his or her product. Ironically, the best way to do this is [...]

When you bought your home, you probably used the services of a real estate agent. You found that agent through a referral from a friend or family member, or through [...]

Introduction: Emotion vs. Reason When conversing with real estate agents, you will often find that when they talk to you about buying real estate, they will refer to your purchase [...]

Finding the right real estate professional requires doing a little research and asking a few questions. You need to know everything about the process. What is the marketing strategy? What [...]

Plumbing and Fixtures: All your sink fixtures should look shiny and new. If this cannot be accomplished by cleaning, buy new ones where needed. If you don’t buy something fancy, [...]

Fixing Up Outside the House: Most real estate advice tells you to work on the outside of the house first, but unless there is a major project involved, we believe [...]

Meeting With REALTORS® So you’ve decided to sell your home and have a fairly good idea of what you think it is worth. Being a sensible home seller, you schedule [...]

Open Listings The “open listing” is mostly used by people trying to sell their home by owner who are also willing to work with real estate agents. Basically, it gives [...]

Price and Terms of Sale When setting the terms of sale, the main thing you are concerned with is the price. You should have a basic idea of what your [...]

Are Commissions Negotiable? In some areas of the country there is a certain percentage that real estate agents expect to earn as a commission.This commission amount is a certain percent [...]

Advertising in General: Every home seller likes to be assured that their listing agent or the real estate company will run ads featuring their home. Newspaper ads could be large [...]

The Multiple Listing Service Even before the sign is up and the brochures are ready, your agent should list your property with the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service). The MLS [...]

The Real Role of a Listing Agent When you bought your home, you probably used the services of a real estate agent. You found that agent through a referral from [...]

Convenience and Availability: Your house should always be available for show, even though it may occasionally be inconvenient for you. Let your listing agent put a lock box in a [...]

You may have heard of people “exchanging” their investment property to avoid huge tax bites out of their sale proceeds. An exchange of real property can be a valuable tool [...]

You’ve probably spent so much time and effort on making sure your home sells for the best price possible that you may not realize there’s more to do! Now that [...]

Buying or selling a home is a major decision in your life. Before you begin, find a professional you can trust. Your REALTOR® will be an important advisor during one [...]